The Xcerts live dates

After releasing their double A-side single 'Do You Feel Safe/Listen. Don't Panic' through Mannequin Republic (the label run by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly's Sam Duckworth), THE XCERTS will again hit the road across May, with both headline dates and shows as main support for Fighting with Wire.

Other dates include the Dot-to-Dot festival, the Great Escape in Brighton and the Alternative Escape as main support to The Blackout.

Dates look like this:

3 May ARBROATH Waterfront
4 May ABERDEEN Tunnels (with Fighting with Wire)
5 May INVERNESS Market Bar
6 May GLASGOW Barfly (with Fighting with Wire)
8 May NEWCASTLE Dog and Parrot
9 May LIVERPOOL Barfly (with Fighting with Wire)
10 May HERTFORDSHIRE Marquee Club
13 May CARDIFF Barfly (with Fighting with Wire)
14 May DONCASTER The Leopard
15 May SOUTHAMPTON Talking Heads (with Fighting with Wire)
16 May BRIGHTON Engine Rooms (with The Blackout)
17 May BRIGHTON Providence (Great Escape Festival)
18 May BRIGHTON Freebutt (with Fighting with Wire)
20 May LONDON Barfly (with Fighting with Wire)
23 May BATH Moles Club
24 May BRISTOL Dot-to-Dot Festival
25 May NOTTINGHAM Dot-to-Dot Festival
27 May WOLVERHAMPTON Little Civic
29 May MANCHESTER Jabez Cleg

After a barrage of dates last year including tours with Future of the left, Bat for Lashes, Biffy Clyro, Make Model, Cage the Elephant, Brakes, Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly and now Fighting with Wire, THE XCERTS are gearing up for recording their debut full length album in the summer.

THE XCERTS' story began around the turn of the century when then 13-year-olds Murray MacLeod (vocals, guitar) and Jordan Smith (bass, vocals) met in the headmaster's office of their school in Aberdeen. After being in various bands together, in 2006 they relocated to Brighton and met drummer Tom Heron, and the line-up of THE XCERTS was finalised.

The release of their debut single 'Just Go Home' in 2007 took things to the next level for the band, winning Zane Lowe's 'Fresh Meat' competition on Radio 1, and being playlisted on XFM as well as winning support from John Kennedy, Colin Murray and Huw Stephens, Steve Lamcaq and further Zane Lowe plays.